What Happens When Governments Impose Severe Austerity on the Populace?

How Many Times Does Europe
Have to learn this lesson? Hundreds
of Thousands of people are out of work, with no prospects and the demands of
Europe are that millions more suffer if Greece is to receive European bail
out funds. Can anyone remembers what
happened in Europe in the 1940’s after the
Depression of the 1930’s? Exactly who
rose to power in Germany, Italy and Spain?

So the news from Greece, which
is suffering from what would be called a Great Depression if their economic
conditions were widespread is not surprising.
The only surprise is that
this was not anticipated by the denizens of Europe’s
power countries.

Just a few months ago,
the name Golden Dawn was something to be whispered in Greece.

In cafes, taxis and
bars, Greeks across the political spectrum are discussing the palpable surge in
Golden Dawn’s popularity, which has risen in recent political polls even as the
group steps up a campaign of vigilantism and attacks against immigrants.

And what does Golden Dawn do? Well how about this.

ATHENS
— The
video, which went viral in Greece last month,
shows about 40 burly men, led by Giorgos Germenis, a lawmaker with the
right-wing Golden Dawn party, marching through a night market in the town of Rafina
demanding that dark-skinned merchants show permits.

Some
do, and they are left alone. But the action quickly picks up, as the men,
wearing black T-shirts with the party’s name, destroy a stall with clubs and
scatter the merchandise. “We saw a few illegal immigrants selling their wares,”
Mr. Germenis says in the video. “We did what Golden Dawn has to do. And now
we’re going to church to pay our respects to the Madonna.”

And is this popular in Greece?

If Greece were to hold new elections
soon, Golden Dawn could emerge as the third-largest party in Parliament, behind
Mr. Samaras’s New Democracy and the left-wing Syriza. Currently, Golden Dawn is
the fifth largest, with 18 out of 300 seats.

And no, currently the Golden Dawn party is not a
threat to the existing parties, just like those people were not a threat to
the German establishment in the 1920’s.
But then came the 1930’s.

As for the tactics of Golden Dawn, those of you who
are history challenged can look up something called Kristallnacht.